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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 191- 243.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the symbol of Pharaoh's power?
(a) A red falcon seal.
(b) A blue hawk seal.
(c) The Gold of Praise.
(d) An enormous golden ring.

2. When Tanus disappeared, to whom did he hand over his squadron and Pharaoh's seal?
(a) Kratas.
(b) Lord Intef.
(c) Safaga.
(d) Taita.

3. How is Lostris thrown from the Breath of Horus?
(a) She is startled by Taita's shout and falls.
(b) She tries to duck Tanus's arrow and falls.
(c) The rowers take a curve too sharply.
(d) The ship runs into the bull hippopotamus.

4. What gives Taita the right to speak sharply to Tanus when he and Lostris board the Breath of Horus?
(a) He is Tanus's cousin.
(b) Tanus is a lowly soldier.
(c) Tanus was rude to him first.
(d) He was once Tanus's tutor.

5. During her feast to celebrate Taita, what gift does Lostris try to give him?
(a) Three new slave boys.
(b) His own house apart from hers.
(c) His freedom.
(d) New physician's tools.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Lord Intef engineer the downfall of Lord Harrab, Tanus's father?

2. What color does Lostris wear to prove she is a virgin bride?

3. When Taita returns to Lostris, why is she sick?

4. Pharaoh's palace is in the southernmost part of Egypt. What reason do some people give for this?

5. What deity is both Lostris's patron and symbolized by the hippopotamus?

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